The one hundred and eleventh classical recording: #444 Gustav Mahler - Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Unlike many other collections of smaller works on this list, this one has a throughline in its lyrics rather than just in musical motifs. It's a love story, specifically one of love lost, and the four songs with their moods set these up quite well. There's a longing in there, modulated with the different moods they go through - despair, happiness and anger. It's effective in its story and manages to be efficient with its time as well - it's rare to see all of this fit into less than twenty minutes.